Hacker makes off with $5.7m after ransacking social token platform

Hacker makes off with $5.7m after ransacking social token platform

“The attacker has sold all the tokens,” announced social token platform Roll after a hacker accessed private keys to its hot wallet. Social token platform Roll suffered a hot wallet breach, resulting in hackers draining at least 3,000 ETH worth $5.7 million on March 15. At roughly 8am UTC, digital asset management platform MyCrypto reported that a hacker may have compromised the private keys for Roll’s hot wallet, allowing them to transfer funds from users’ accounts at will. After approximately 12 hours, Roll responded to the attack, announcing the hacker had stolen and liquidated a large....


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